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@@ -897,9 +897,13 @@ diff.wordRegex::
characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
fetch.recurseSubmodules::
- A boolean value which changes the behavior for fetch and pull, the
- default is to not recursively fetch populated submodules unless
- configured otherwise.
+ This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
+ Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
+ unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
+ recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
+ value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
+ when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
+ reference.
fetch.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects fetched over the git native
@@ -1098,6 +1102,12 @@ All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
access method.
+grep.lineNumber::
+ If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+
+grep.extendedRegexp::
+ If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
+
gui.commitmsgwidth::
Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
@@ -1817,7 +1827,7 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
- This option can be used to enable/disable recursive fetching of this
+ This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]